genteelishadj.

Brit.

/dʒɛnˈtiːlɪʃ/, U.S.

/dʒɛnˈtilɪʃ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: genteel adj., -ish suffix¹.

Etymology: < genteel adj. + -ish suffix¹.

Now rare.

Somewhat genteel; fairly genteel.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > gentry > [adjective] > somewhat genteel

genteelish1692

1692 S. Shaw Ποικιλοϕρόνησις 61 Now I think on't, I have a Tenant, of a genteelish kind of Humour.

1750 J. Tucker Brief Ess. Trade (ed. 2) 130 If a young Woman has a genteelish Education, and a small Fortune, she stands upon the Brink of Destruction.

1825 J. G. Lockhart Let. 23 Aug. in W. Scott Familiar Lett. (1894) II. 341 A large assemblage of vulgar women and men,—little Quillinan, ‘the heavy dragoon’, the only genteelish figure.

1928 E. Garnett in J. Conrad Lett. (1956) Introd. 24 The creaking boards, flimsy staircase and pokiness of that temporary dwelling place which stood indistinguishable from its fellows in a genteelish row.

1988 Times 19 Mar. 22/6 Muriel Spark's new novel, A Far Cry from Kensington looks back..on the vanished world of the genteelish Kensington bedsit.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	genteelish
释义	genteelishadj. Brit. /dʒɛnˈtiːlɪʃ/, U.S. /dʒɛnˈtilɪʃ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: genteel adj., -ish suffix¹. Etymology: < genteel adj. + -ish suffix¹. Now rare. Somewhat genteel; fairly genteel. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > gentry > [adjective] > somewhat genteel genteelish1692 1692 S. Shaw Ποικιλοϕρόνησις 61 Now I think on't, I have a Tenant, of a genteelish kind of Humour. 1750 J. Tucker Brief Ess. Trade (ed. 2) 130 If a young Woman has a genteelish Education, and a small Fortune, she stands upon the Brink of Destruction. 1825 J. G. Lockhart Let. 23 Aug. in W. Scott Familiar Lett. (1894) II. 341 A large assemblage of vulgar women and men,—little Quillinan, ‘the heavy dragoon’, the only genteelish figure. 1928 E. Garnett in J. Conrad Lett. (1956) Introd. 24 The creaking boards, flimsy staircase and pokiness of that temporary dwelling place which stood indistinguishable from its fellows in a genteelish row. 1988 Times 19 Mar. 22/6 Muriel Spark's new novel, A Far Cry from Kensington looks back..on the vanished world of the genteelish Kensington bedsit. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1692
随便看	a coon's age a copy of verses a cough a couple more a couple of words a course of sprouts a cow's thumb a cracked or slit groat a creaking gate a credit to a crime, fact, etc of blackest or deepest dye a crisp a cross a cry for help a cup too low a cut above a dandy a dash or touch of the tar-brush a dash or touch of the tarbrush a day a day after the fair a day februate a day's gang a day's journey a day's warning